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2005-2006 USAP Field Camps
Staffed Field Camps
McMurdo Dry Valleys 77.30'S, 162.00'E
50 nm from McMurdo Station

Each year numerous groups conduct research throughout the Dry Valleys. Two resident staff will operate the main base camp at Lake Hoare and other groups will operate from small tent camps throughout the region.

Siple Dome 81.39'S, 149.04'W
507 nm from McMurdo Station

Siple Dome with two resident staff will support two science projects: Sridhar Anandakrishnan (I-205-M) will investigate the high frequency, fine scale motion of Bindschadler and MacAyeal Ice Streams to better understand the relationship between stream flow and tide height. Slawek Tulaczyk (I-345-M) will use Siple Dome as a staging area and travel to an independent, tent camp on the Kamb Icestream. The group will conduct geophysical research designed to test if the Icestream is restarting.

WAIS Divide Field Camp 79.46'S, 112.08'W
924 nm from McMurdo Station

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Field Camp with ten resident staff will support eight projects: Kendrick Taylor (I-477-M) and Todd Sowers (I-177-M) will focus on ice-core sampling. Pannirselvam Kanagaratnam (I-346-M), Charlie Raymond (I-163-M), and Prasad Gogineni (I-188-M) will conduct radar surveys. Eftyhia Zesta (A-357-M) will install a magnetometer. Ian Dalziel (G-087-M/S) will conduct his final year of work on the current WAGN (West Antarctic GPS Network) award. The AWS (automatic weather station) project team, (O-283-M Charles Stearns), will service stations from the camp.

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